1963年，一伙黑帮分子在老大的指使下将一对情人残忍杀害，男子被埋在“十世受苦，不得超生”的阴穴处；而女子被扒皮，皮罩在灯笼上，永世不得超生。 1993年，蛊惑仔阿辉（梁家辉 饰）终日倒霉透顶，而且身边连连发生奇怪灵异世间。阿辉在古董摊买下一古董表，却被一股力量莫名牵引到一栋废宅里，半梦半醒间见自己与一个叫小芙蓉的艺旦（邱淑贞 饰）亲热的场面。 辉在医院被一鬼魂提醒只有四婆能够解救自己，于是他前往找四婆。四婆为他问米，他从盆中之水渐渐看到了自己的前世悲惨遭遇……

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.

《螺丝在拧紧》是亨利·詹姆斯最重要的中篇小说之一，也是凝聚了其高超的中篇小说艺术魅力的一部作品。圣诞前夜，几个朋友围坐炉旁，百无聊赖地讲起了自己听到的鬼故事。其中一个人说到郊外一个家庭女教师受到鬼怪困扰的故事。一切看来稀松平常，但一切在亨利·詹姆斯笔下却变得生动精致起来：只有家庭女教师能够见到“它们”；只有她怀疑先前的女教师因为某种邪恶的动机正在控制着庄园当中的两个孩子。所有的人都认为她疯了，两个孩子却对此讳莫如深。为什么小女孩始终不承认清清楚楚立在湖岸边的人影？是小女孩儿被迷惑了，还是女教师在妄想？作者并不急于马上揭示答案，但是脊背在发凉，螺丝在拧紧……

1993 film by Herman Yau

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.